Sony Is Cautious
About Third Quarter

Home-Equipment Profit
Will Show Little Growth
In Key Shopping Period

TOKYO -- Sony Corp. issued a cautious outlook for the important fiscal third quarter, saying the global home-audio-equipment market continues to shrink.

"I recognize we aren't in the situation that our profits in the home [product business] will grow significantly" in the quarter ending in December, Sony President Kunitake Ando said at a roundtable meeting with reporters.